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TIME100 Health: Shahzad Baig
Time Magazine· 1 week agoPolio eradication has largely been a global vaccination success story. The disease, which can lead to paralysis or death, mostly in children, now...
Gunmen kill police officer guarding polio workers in Pakistan's northwest
Fox News· 2 weeks agoPakistani police say gunmen have fatally shot a police officer assigned to protect polio workers in...
The continuous dangers that polio and the other enteroviruses pose
Medical Xpress· 2 weeks agoConsistently high vaccination rates and global health surveillance programs have helped eliminate...
Gunmen kill a police officer assigned to protect polio workers in northwest Pakistan
KAAL Austin· 2 weeks agoGunmen fatally shot a police officer assigned to protect polio workers in Pakistan’s northwest, an official said Tuesday. At least 10 police have died this year while on security ...
Afghanistan launches nationwide polio vaccination campaign
dpa international via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe four-day campaign will cover 31 of the country's 34 provinces. Vaccinations in Ghor, Daikundi ...
Religious intolerance predicts science denial, surveys suggest
Phys.org· 2 weeks agoOr is it the level of intolerance of other religions that better predicts rejection of science? Yu...
Professor Alasdair Geddes, infectious disease expert who diagnosed the last case of smallpox –...
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoProfessor Alasdair Geddes, who has died aged 89, was an expert in infectious diseases who diagnosed...
With measles on the rise, rebuilding trust in vaccines is a must
Al Jazeera· 2 days agoWith or without a switch, wherever in the world people drive, they usually do so on the basis of...
Wiping out polio 'not guaranteed', support needed, Bill Gates says
StreetInsider· 2 weeks agoThe new money from Saudi Arabia will go some way towards closing that. Saudi Arabia has supported polio eradication for more than 20 years, but the significant increase in funding comes amid ...